Why Opposite End Windsurfing?

Long Island, NY
I really,really like to windsurf. It is my favorite thing to do, except for teaching kids about physics, that is. The only problem is that I am not so great at windsurfing, at least right now. Several people in my area have created windsurfing blogs, but they are really, really good at windsurfing (and not too shabby at blogging). So, I've decided to give a perspective from the opposite end of the windsurfing skill spectrum, hence the name Opposite End Windsurfing for my blog. In it, I will share the experiences of someone who is trying to become a really good windsurfer.

Saturday, September 5, 2009

Back to Summer weather...

Pretty light wind today, so I put on some windsurfing music to get myself stoked a bit. My favorite windsurfing song of all time puts me in the mood and I've been listening to it over and over again today. Thought I'd share it with you (hope I don't run afoul of copyright laws):

Windsurfer
Windsurfer
All he wanted was to ride out on the wind
Windsurfer
To be one of the guys and to look good in her eyes
He practiced in his dreams
trying to catch the waves
Most of the time he sailed alone
Endless summer days
flying in the sun
He'd ride and wait for the wind
to take him home
Windsurfer
Windsurfer
Windsurfer

He said let's sail away together
She told him no no never no
Wind Windsurfer
It was early one morning
on a lonely beach
He left a message and
he wrote in the sand
Why do we always go for
something out of reach?
Nobody ever really understands
Windsurfer
All he wanted to do
was outrun the sun
Wndsurfer
to take her in his arms
when the lonely day was done
Windsurfer

-Roy Orbison (Mystery Girl album)

Thanks for the stoke, Roy

1 comment:

  1. If Roy could carve jibe, I don't want to know about it. I like to believe that I can at least do one thing better than him and hopefully it's not eating or sleeping...both of which I happen to be extremely good at!

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